Urban Sermon with Bohdan Piasecki

The Urban Sermon invites celebrated authors with a particular connection to the city, into Birmingham Cathedral for a special, one-off event to talk about some of the pressing issues of our time. This years Urban Sermon will be delivered by Forward Prize-winning poetBohdan Piasecki.

Join us for a performance of new work created especially for the Birmingham Literature Festival. In this hybrid poetry performance and talk, Bohdan will explore the interplay of personal and national histories, of responsibility and denial; an exploration of good intentions behind big ideas, of the resulting harm, and of its consequences. The sermon shifts focus from individual choice to political movements, from individual relationships to social phenomena, and directly confronts the familiar, reassuring conviction that this could never be me.